Written answers
Wednesday, 8 May 2019
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Local Enterprise Offices Data
Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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582. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of local enterprise offices; the number of staff that work in each office in tabular form; the number of staff that work in the LEO section of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19341/19]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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There are 31 Local Enterprise Office (LEOs) located across the Local Authority network in Ireland. The LEOs are the ‘first-stop-shop’ for advice and guidance, financial assistance and other supports for anyone intending to start or grow a business.
Table 1 below sets out the number of sanctioned LEO staff through the DBEI pay allocation for each of the 31 LEOs.
In respect to my Department there are 5 DBEI staff with specific LEO Liaison Unit responsibilities comprising one Principal Officer, one Assistant Principal Officer, one Higher Executive Officer, one Executive Officer and one Clerical Officer.
Table 1:
LEO | Sanctioned LEO Staffing Allocation funded through DBEI Pay Contribution as at 31st March 2019 | Actual LEO Staffing funded through DBEI Pay Contribution as at 31st March 2019 |
---|---|---|
Carlow | 5 | 5 |
Cavan | 5 | 5 |
Clare | 6 | 6 |
Cork City | 8 | 8 |
Cork N&W | 9 | 9 |
Cork South | 7 | 7 |
Donegal | 6 | 6 |
Dublin City | 11 | 11 |
Dublin South | 9 | 8 |
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 8 | 5 |
Fingal | 9 | 9 |
Galway | 8 | 8 |
Kerry | 6 | 6 |
Kildare | 8 | 8 |
Kilkenny | 6 | 5 |
Laois | 5 | 4 |
Leitrim | 5 | 5 |
Limerick | 9 | 8 |
Longford | 5 | 5 |
Louth | 6 | 5 |
Mayo | 6 | 6 |
Meath | 8 | 8 |
Monaghan | 5 | 4 |
Offaly | 5 | 5 |
Roscommon | 5 | 5 |
Sligo | 5 | 5 |
Tipperary | 8 | 7 |
Waterford | 8 | 8 |
Westmeath | 6 | 6 |
Wexford | 6 | 6 |
Wicklow | 6 | 6 |
Total | 209 | 199 |
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